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Originally Posted by bpd2
Our condition has such a lovely reputation. 
I never disclose now. I did a few times when I was younger and it never, ever, ever came to good. There was at least 50/50 understanding with bipolar, but not with borderline Maybe the general population thinks bipolars only go wildly energetic once every five years or so, they only see a certain, almost glamorous side of that condition. The glamour we get, though, is ....sleazy or sort of, I don't know--goth? Sex and self-harm? 
.................and there's that darned stigma......even here......
(((((((((((((((all bpd'rs)))))))))))))))) |
I never tell anyone anything about anything because I have heard same people talk about friend with BP. They are not nice. I don't even try to defend friend out of fear they'll be on to me. not a rational fear I guess but I defininatly understand stigma. I don't even like talking to wife about it becuase I know she goes and talks to her family about it. and I know the kind of things they say about others including friend with BP and they aren't nice either. That one I know I'm not just being paranoid about. My wife says it's not true they dont do that she says but I have heard the mean things they say. So I can only image the things my in laws say about me when I'm not around. and wife wonders why I hold so much inside. I never feel safe talking about anything.
